I love hearing all five members of One Direction separately yell "Cumberland Blues" before the show starts.

I'm responsible for the re-emergence of this aud tape of this show. It was traded with other people during the late 80's over here in the UK, Unfortunately I can't remember who I got it from. It's been in my possession since 85/86, I had forgotten all about it (after digital and the internet took over)and it was sat in a box in my wardrobe until late 2014. I got it from a guy who was friends with the taper, I know the 1st two nights were also recorded by the same taper and they were of the same superb sound quality, and were also traded.
I was hoping that someone over here in the UK would recognize the recording and maybe know the whereabouts of them?
I'm not responsible for anything other than supplying the tape, everything else has been done by people who are way cleverer than I.
To them I say many many thanks for all the hard work they have put in.
I hope some day the other tapes resurface, they must exist somewhere??

It's a darn shame that this "unknown taper" didn't tape the last two shows in France that finished the Europe '74 tour (the available boards are missing 95% of Bobby's playing).

This is an all-time classic show and also a very interesting (and famous) recording. Where was the taper standing? There is minimal audience intrusion but quite a bit of the "room acoustics". One has to assume that the band members were hearing more than a little bit of this dripping reverb while they were performing ...

This is a significant upgrade to the circulating audience tapes that I remember (and also, strangely enough, the only audience recording of this show presently on the Archive).

In the Archive comments relating to one of the soundboard recordings someone judged the 'Row Jimmy' to be "lifeless." I beg to differ. It's a beautiful version and, given the spare arrangement, it's also one of the songs that really shines on this this particular recording. Likewise with the version of 'Roses' and 'Ship of Fools' (all versions of the latter song from this tour are delivered with a righteous, soulful intensity that was rarely matched subsequently).

And, yes, the legendary version of Scarlet Begonias sounds amazing here (love the guy in the audience who momentarily sings "yay!" along with Donna).